"I have come up with a workshop that I use successfully. It's always so great, I actually tell the kids it's my super-secret, splendiferous formula. You try to say that three times fast. It's good." -Candace Fleming

"If you are hunting for a new book for a thoughtful young reader this year, you can do no better than to pick up Unspoken." -Anita Silvey

"I had the great, good fortune of growing up on a dairy farm, and also the great, good fortune of being the youngest of five children. And having four older siblings was wonderful, because they were these very unusual, terrific people; and we spent most of our time in the woods, or down at the pond, or at the creek, or exploring the fields with jars." - Henry Cole

"As a book The One and Only Ivan gives me reason to celebrate: it is crafted with great creativity, an original approach, and has something to say to children. Books for children are clearly not an endangered species; The One and Only Ivan proves that they are alive and well!" - Anita Silvey

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First of all....WHAT?! You're holding a giveaway of ALL 20 BOOKS?! Amazing. You're amazing. Anyway, I really liked the Amazon interview of Jon Klassen. I love all three of the books he illustrated this year, and I liked his response explaining the endings of the hat books (which are two of my top favorite picture books of all time). Also, I just finished reading The One and Only Ivan to one of my classes. I didn't think I could ever equal the response to Wonder that I got from this same class earlier in the year, but I was wrong. They couldn't decide which they liked better. I loved them both because of the emotional response that both of them invoked in that class. It makes my job so rewarding!